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- From: radel@bach.udel.edu (Todd Radel)
- Newsgroups: comp.bbs.misc
- Subject: Running a BBS under DOS, OS/2, or Linux?
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- Date: 5 Sep 92 23:31:52 GMT
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- Organization: University of Delaware
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- I'd like to get the net's advice. I'm an experienced user of DOS and OS/2,
- and I play around with Linux occasionally. For the past year, I've run a
- BBS using Virtual BBS software under Windows 3.1.
-
- The problem is that anytime a user was online, or if FrontDoor was
- sending mail, the rest of my system would slow to a crawl. Ditto if
- I was using Borland C++ and someone logged in to the BBS -- both tasks
- would slow horribly. I tried Maximus/2 and BinkleyTerm OS/2 for
- a while under OS/2 1.3, which seemed a lot speedier, but I had to give
- up all the DOS door games my users love so much.
-
- My question is this: Is there a combination of OS, BBS software, and
- mailer that allows all of the following?
-
- * FidoNet netmail, echomail, and SDS (file distribution).
- * Door games. (I've only seen maybe 3 or 4 doors for OS/2, and none for
- Linux. If I use the OS/2 versions of Binkley and Maximus, can I spawn
- a DOS door game?)
- * Background mail tossing. (I carry about 100 echo areas, and I don't want
- the system tied up for long periods of time just unpacking new mail.)
- * Maximum speed -- as little effect on whatever I'm doing, and vice versa,
- as possible.
- * [Optional] USENET interface.
-
- I've come up with the following configurations which I plan to check out:
- * FrontDoor/VBBS under Windows 3.1.
- * BinkleyTerm OS/2 and Maximus/2 under OS/2 2.0.
- * XBBS under Linux. (Does anyone know of a Fido mailer for UNIX? I once
- heard about a port of Binkley to UNIX, but that it was abandoned.)
-
- Any pointers would be welcomed. I will summarize to the net if there is
- sufficient interest.
-
- (Please note that this is not just another "What's the best BBS to run?"
- question. I've researched my options & I'm just looking for pointers,
- stories, advice from BBS sysops who have had more experience, especially
- with OS/2. *Please* let's not let this degenerate into a flame war.)
-
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